Cabinet to discuss mandatory insurance for maids
Aug 26th, 2007 by Takaful
Source: The Star, 25th August 2007
The implementation of mandatory insurance for foreign maids will be discussed at the next Cabinet meeting with a view to enable the premium to be paid with the levy for the maid.
Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said this would mean any maid who entered the country legally would automatically be insured.
“We want to be able to ‘catch’ all the maids as soon as they arrive so that they have extra protection,” he said.
Two weeks ago, the Malaysian Association of Foreign Housemaids said insurance would be mandatory for maids hired through their members.
However, Radzi said it would be difficult for the association to implement it to cover every maid as not all agencies were members of the association.
He urged the association to get all the maid agencies under its umbrella, adding that his ministry would be moving towards only recognising agencies that were members.